Gasolene-tank filler.



L. W. DAVIS.

GASOLENE TANK FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED on. 7. l9l6.

1 ,274, 5 1 7 Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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i LAURENCE W. DAVIS, OF VEGA ALTA, PORTO RICO.

GASOLENE-TANK FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 6, 19.1.8.

Application filed October 7, 1916. Serial No. 124,237.

To all whom itmcy concern:

Be it known that I, LaUnnNor. \V. Davis, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Vega Alta, Porto Rico, have invented new and usefulImprovements in (lrasolene-Tank Fillers, of which the following is aspecification. k

Gasolene tanks located under the front seats of motor vehicles areusually tilled directly through thetop ot' the tank. The filler openingon the top ojt' the tank is in an inaccessible and awkward place, and inorder to reach it the occupants of the seat must get out of the vehicle,the seat cushion must be removed and afterward replaced, and frequentlyarticles stowed in the front seat must also be removed. I

The principal object 01 this invention is to provide a readilyaccessible filler device, through which the tank may be filled withoutincommoding the occupants of the seat, or raising the seat cushion, ordisturbing anything. i v

\Vhile the invention is applicable to cars of any kind in which thegasolene tank is situated under the seat, it is particularly designedfor the gasolene tanks 01 Ford automobiles and will for convenience beillustrated as embodied in such automobiles.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention in itspreferred form,

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the device, partly in elevation, and ofassociated parts of the car having to do with the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the position of the filler pipe.

The seat casing comprises the usual top a and front wall. 7), andsupports the usual seat cushion 0. (Z represents the floor which isprovided with the usual movable floor board d to afford access to theparts below the floor.

.Vithin the seat casing is the gasolcne tank e Whichhas its inlet portthrough a nipple at the bottom of the tank. An elbow g secured to thenipple f and a laterally extending pipe h secured to the elbow At theforward end of the pipe h is another elbow i from which rises the pipej, the intake end of which is at least as high as the top of the tank 6.The intake end of the pipe j may be closed with a removable cap 7:. Theparts 7, g, h, i and y together constitute a tiller pipe leading intothe bottom of the tank within the seat casing but extending lorwardlybelow the [1001' d, and upwardly through the floor outside of the seatcasing, in a position in front of the seat where its intake end isreadily accessible for filling the tank without disturbing the seatcushion or the occupants of the seat. A st rap m. embracing the pipe jand screwed or bolted to the front wall 7) of the seat casing holds thepipe securely in upright position.

A pipe connection a to the carburetor leads from the Forward end of thehorizontally extending filler pipe, and is controlled by a cut-ell valve0 secured to the elbow At the bottom of the elbow 'i is a drain cock 1')through which thegasolene may be drawn otl' or sediment removed. Thus,both the drain cock and the cut-ell valve are located under the door andmay be reached by merely removing the tloouboard instead oi crawlingumlerneath the car as usually necessary. In order to equip the ordinarygasoleno tank with my device it is only necessary to invert the usualgas tank top for bottom to bring the inlet port to the bottom,substitute a breather cap 1 in place of the usual sedinicnt bulb, attachthe tiller pipe, as shown, to the inlet port which has now been broughtto the bottom of the tank. and connect the carbureter pipe to the nippleot' the cut-oil valve. A gasolene gage of any desired form may. ifdesired, be mounted in the filler opening at the top oi. pipe j.

Viththe construction above described the filler opening, the cut-offvalve, and the drain cock are all perfectly accessible, and whollyeliminate the awkward and vexar tious features of those parts asheretofore constructed.

Owing to the unique organization of the parts of my improved system andparticularly by virtue of the direct connnunication from the uprightpipe to both the tank 0 and carburetor pipe at, gasolene may be suppliedthrough pipe 7' directly to either the tank 0 or to the carburetor andengine. Thus the filler pipe may not only be employed to fill the tank 6but it may also be employed to supply gasolene directly to thecarburetor as in an emergency. and owing to the fact that thecarbiu'eter pipe a, comniunicates with the bottom of pipe j at conplingi a small amount of gasolene can be employed substantially to the lastdrop. For example, should the tank 0 become empty and only a small canof gasolene be avail able it could be poured into pipe h and be used intoto to bring the automobile to a supply station. In this Way the fillerpipe 7' serves a double purpose, viz., as a normal tank filler and as anemergency carbureter feeder.

I claim:

'1. Inliqu-id fuel apparatus of the charac ter described,the'combination of a fuel tank,

ducting the liquid fuel from the fuel tank to thecarbureter, and afiller pipe communicating With said connection and extending upwardly atleast to the level of the top of the fuel tank so that the fuel tank maybe filled'through said connection and so that fuel may be supplieddirectly to the carbuinga-nd floor for a motor Vehicle, and a gasolenetank Within the seat casing, a filler pipe connected to the bottom ofsaid tank and thence extending laterally and upwardly through thefioorrat the outside of the seat casing and having its intake end atleast as high as the top of the tank, and a carbureter pipe connectionleading from the laterally extending part of the filler pipe under thefloor.

and floor of a motor Vehicle, of a gasolene tank Within the seat casing,a filler pipe connected to the bottom of said tank and thence extendinglaterally and upward-1y through the floor at the outside'of the seatcasing and having its intake end at least as high as the 'top'of the"tank, and a ca-rbureter pipe connection leading from the forward end-ofthe horizontally extending part of the filler pipe under the floor. aSigned by me at San Juan, P. R, this 29th day of September, 1916. ILAURENCE DAV IS. IVitnesses: I J ULES RE ENEZ,

RAMION SIAGA, Jr.

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at. The combination With'the seat casing

